Curtain holder



May 27, 1930. G. KALENOFF CURTAIN HOLDER Filed Sept. 22, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR G. jCaZeno/f ATTORN EY WITNESSES #17 M G. KALENOFF CURTAIN HOLDER May 27, 1930.

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CURTAIN HOLDER Filed Sept. 22, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 WITNESSES G g $220 ATTORNEY Patented May 27, 1930 UNITED STATES GODEL KAIJENOFF, F BRooKLYiv, ivnw YORK CURTAIN HOLDER Application filed September 22, 1928. Serial No. 307,691.

This invention relates to curtain holders, and I use this term curtain in its broadest sense to include the ordinary Window shade or separate shade orcurtain located at the inner side of the window frame within the room.

An object of the invention is to provide improved means which may be operatively attached to the window shade and which can be positioned to hold the window shade away from the window at any desired point or points eitherat the top or lower portion of the window frame or at both points so as to permit a free ventilation or circulation of air through the window and at the same time prevent a view ofthe interior of the room fromthe outside of the building.

A further object isto provide mechanism of this character which will hold the window shade taut inits' positions of adjustment so that there will be no wrinkling or flapping of the shade and the direction of the air currents can be controlled as desired.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation looking at the curtain or shade and its co-operating parts from the inside of the room; I

, F igure2 is a view in longitudinal section 35 through the center of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in section on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4; is a View similar to Figure 2 showing the parts differently arranged Figure 5 1s a fragmentary detail view in vertical section showing the inner quadrant and the eye for pivotally mounting one of my improved rod frames, this view being 5 taken in section on the line 66 of Figure 5; Figure 6 is a view in horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5 showing both the inner and outer quadrants and their co operating parts;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view in side elevation showing the outer quadrant and its rod frame;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view in front elevation showing a modified arrangement of parts with the shade provided with button holes to engage buttons on the window frame;

Figure 9 is a view in longitudinal section similar to Figures 2 and l showing a different arrangement of rod frames;

Figure 10 is a broken view in front elevation showing another modified arrangement of the parts;

Figure 11 is a View in section on the line l1-11 of Figure 10.

1 represents a window frame and 2 and 3 the ordinary sliding sashes mounted in the frame 1.

It is to be understood that my invention is adapted for use in connection with any ordinary type of window shade such, for eX- ample, as illustrated in Figures 10 and 11 of the drawings, but in many cases it is desirable to have a wider window shade than i is ordinarily provided and I illustrate in Figures 1, 2, l, 8 and 9 a window shade 4 which is wider than the ordinary window shade and which is normally located against the inner face of the window frame and is mounted on a spring roller 5 secured at the top of the window frame, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

At both sides of the window frame and preferably to the middle portions of the uprights of said frame I secure a pair of quadrants 6 and 7, respectively. The quadrants 6, which I shall hereinafter refer to as outer quadrants, are preferably secured to the outer portions of the frame; and the quadrants 7, which I shall hereinafter refer to as the inner quadrants, are secured to the face of the window frame, although I do not wish to limit myself to the location of these quadrants as it is of course to be understood that they may be secured to such portions of the window frame as desired.

The outer quadrants 6 may be composed of a single run of wire or rod of sufficient strength, corrugated as shown in Figure 7 and formed to provide teeth or notches in the quadrants, and the ends of the quadrants are bent and sharpened forming spurs 8, which may be driven into the window frame as indicated.

The inner quadrants 7 are corrugated transversely and have sharp spurs 9 at their ends driven into the frame 1. These particular forms of quadrants can be manufactured very cheaply but it is of course to be understood that the invention is broad enough to cover other forms of attaching means for the quadrants, but in this art it is desirable that the parts be manufactured and sold as cheaply as desired.

At both sides of the window frame 1 and adjacent the inner quadrants 7 I provide staples 1O driven into the f 'anie, as clearly indicated in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings.

1 preferably employ two rod frames 11 and 12, respectively. Both of these rod frames are of general U-shape, and the rod frame 11 has inwardly projecting stubs 12 thereon mounted in suitable bearings 13 in the window frame.

The rod frame 12 has its ends bent laterally, as indicated at 1 1, extending through the eyes 10, and the extremities of said frames are then bent outwardly forming fingers 15 which engage between the corrugations and the inner quadrant 7 to hold the rod frai'ue 12 in the position desired. The rod frame 11 has a laterally offset portion 1'8 which engages the corrugations of the quadrant 6 to hold this frame in any position desired.

Parts, such as above described, are capable of holding the shade in various positions in co-operation with other features which will be hereinafter described.

In Figures 1 and 2 I show the rod frame 11 positioned horizontally and the rod frame 12 positioned vertically. This rod frame 12 has its intermediate portion located against the outer face of the shade near the spring roller 5, and a removable cross rod 17 engages the outer face of the shade and has hooked ends 18 engaging the quadrant 7, holding the upper portion of the shade in a straight line and permitting that portion of the shade be low the rod 18 to lie horizontally and project over the frame 11. w

The lower end of the shade 1 is held by means of a bail 19 which is pivotally mounted on headed nails or similar devices 20 so that the lower end of the shade which carries the ordinary shade bar can be positioned through this bail and held in taut position by the bail.

lVhen the parts are in this position and the 'incow sash es 2 and 3 raised a free ventilation is permitted through the lower por tion of the Window frame and laterally into and from the room so that the room be freely ventilated and yet an outsider cannot see into the room.

In Figure 4: I show the parts arranged so as to ventilate through the upper portion of the window frame when both sashes 2 and o are lowered. With this arrangement of parts the rod frame 12 is positioned horizontally and the rod frame 11 swung clownwardly out of the way. The rod 17 is positioned under the shade and engages the quadrant 6 and the lower end of the shade is secured by the bail 19 so that the shade is held taut and ":Jrojected inwardly at the upper portion of tee window frame so as to allow a free circulation of air. as will be readily understood.

LKS incicated in elevation in Figure 8 and in longitudinal section in Figure 9, I show a modified arrangement wherein ventilation is permitted both at the upper and lower pertions of the window frame with the window sashes 2 and 8 at an intermediate position. To thus. ventilate 1 position the rod frame 12 at an upward incline and the shade frame 11 at a downwarr incline so that these rod frames are positioned substantially at right angles to each other. The shade l is di". wn over the outer ends of these frames 12 and 11, and I show in form of my invention the shade a as provided with series of buttonholes 21 along its ed liliese buttonholes are adapted to receive buttons 22 at the in termediate portion of the window frame and to receive huttons 2."; at the low-er uortion of the window frame to hold the shade taut in the angular position indicated in Figure 9 so that there may be a free circulation of air into the room through both the upper and lower portions of the window frame and at the same time obs/ the vision of the interior of the room. frei'n the outside.

In Figures 10 and 11 I show another modified arrangement of parts in which both sashes 2 and 3 are in their highest positions in the window frame 1, and 1 illustrate in these Figures narrower shade or curtain than in the previous forms to indicate that my invention may be employed in connection with the ordinary window shade 24 which is mounted within the window frame on the ordinary spri roller 5.

lVith this rangenient the frame 12 is located at a. downwardly projecting position at an angle to the window fran'ie, and the curtain or shade 2% is held taut by means of the rod 17 engaging the outer face of the shade at its intermediate portion and coupled to the quadrant 6 and the lower end of the shade coupled to buttons 23. as above explained.

It is to be understood of course that the shade may be secured by buttons and buttonholes or by rods or by other analogous means which will maintain the shade in the shape desired, and while I have illustrated what I believe to he preferred cml'iodiments of my invention it is obvious various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention and hence I do not wish to be limited to the precise details set liu forth but consider myself at libert to make such changes and alterations as airly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A shade supporting mechanism comprising quadrants adapted to be secured to intermediate portions of both sides of a window frame, a U-shaped frame pivotally mounted on and adapted to be retained in positions of angular adjustment by said quadrants, a shade, a spring roller on which the shade is adapted to wind, a rod carried by the quadrants, means for securing the free end of the shade to the lower end of the window frame, the shade being threaded over the outer end of the U-shaped frame and over the rod so that a portion of the shade will lie substantially in the same plane with the frame, while a portion of the shade will lie substantially flat against the window frame.

2. A shade supporting mechanism c0mprising brackets adapted to be secured to intermediate portions of both sides of a window frame, a U-shaped frame pivotally mounted on the brackets, means on the brackets adapted to engage the legs of the U-shaped frame for retaining the frame in various angular adjustments, a shade, a

spring roller on which the shade is adapted to wind, a rod removably carried by the brackets, means for securing the free end of the shade to the lower end of the window frame, said rod being located at one side of a plane passing through the legs of the U- shaped frame, the shade being threaded between the rod and the legs of the U-shaped frame and engaging over the outer end of said frame whereby a portion of the shade will lie in substantially the same plane as the movable frame while a portion of the shade will be in close association with the window frame to permit the circulation of air from the exterior to the interior of a room.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 20th day of September, A. D. 1928.

GODEL KALEN OFF. 

